Dental Receptionist

Company: £12.50 per hour Location: Hastings, East Sussex Salary: CDH Recruitment Ltd Posted: Jul 22, 2025
Permanent, full-time
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Job Description

Our client is looking for a dental receptionist for their busy dental surgery. The role can be a very demanding one within a dental office setting.

MAIN DUTIES

  • Must have a friendly interaction and communication with patients and co-workers.
  • Strong organizational abilities.
  • Data entry skills.
  • In charge of making sure the waiting room and office area look nice, by picking up litter left around the room, emptying wastebaskets, and straightening magazines and newspapers.
  • Confirm next day’s appointments and next week’s recalls scheduled 6 months in advance.
  • Get mail, enter and scan payments and referral documents.
  • Keep reception area clean and tidy.
  • Carry out all administration/secretarial duties as and when required.
  • Maintain important patient and office records.
  • Ability to handle a multi-line inbound phone call system.
  • Assist fellow co-workers when called upon.
  • Use a computer efficiently and effectively.
  • Ability to perform administrative duties.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

  • Good level of education.
  • Computer literate.
  • Previous receptionist/administration/secretarial experience.
  • Must be able to work on own initiative.
  • Previous experience in a dental surgery as a receptionist preferred.

WORKING HOURS

  • Monday to Friday.
  • 9am to 5.30pm.

We will try to respond to reply to all applications. If, however, you have not heard from us within 7 days you have been unsuccessful with this particular role. You are very welcome to apply to future advertisements advertised by CDH Recruitment Limited.